Senior Administrative Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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The Senior Administrative Associate supports procurement operations for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The role manages Procurement Card documentation, processes monthly card and shipping-related documents, and handles purchase orders through UT Market, Point Plus, and Procard. It also advises faculty on purchasing options and policy, processes charge corrections, and collaborates with the Inventory Coordinator to locate tagged items and prepare inventory forms.
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Full job description
Manages all departmental Procurement Card (Procard) documentation for accuracy.Process monthly Procard (VP7) for all Mechanical Engineering (ME) department faculty and staff.Provide Procurement processing for the ME department. Process procurement-related documents affiliated with purchases, including purchase orders via UT Market, Point Plus, and Procard.Act as Procurement expert to provide advice and information to ensure Faculty are fully aware of their purchasing options to adhere to UT and ME procurement policy.Process monthly VP9 documents affiliated with eShipGlobal and IDT correction of Charges (VT6s) affiliated with Procard VP7s and VP9s (due to Master View issues).Collaborates with the Inventory Coordinator to locate tagged items; this includes preparing the self-tagging form for ME inventory via the purchasing form. Other related functions as assigned.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,142 open Procurement jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$95–150K/yr181 salary ranges
- Texas median$31–40/hr27 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 534 open Procurement jobs in Texas and 5,142 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
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- Experience
- Procurement postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (4,027 postings).
- Education
- 2,405 of the 5,142 open Procurement jobs (47%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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